Scary: Russia will have robo soldiers by 2020?

It may not be sharks with frickin’ laser beams attached
to their heads, but for a leader bent on expanding his global sphere of
influence, an army of soldiers equipped with mind-controlled robotic
exoskeletons may be the next best thing. According to Russian media,
that’s just what President Vladimir Putin’s army has in the pipeline.
On Wednesday, the headline on the government-run Sputnik News website
was, “Lock and Load: Russian Hybrid Robo-Soldiers Could Be Just Five
Years Away.” Russia Today, the equally servile outlet aimed at English
speakers led with “Iron Man mass production? Russian army may get combat
exoskeletons by 2020.” Even the more independent Moscow Times
trumpeted, Russian Army May Have Superhuman Mind-Controlled Exoskeletons
in 5 Years.
None of this, of course, means that a Russian army of Terminator-like
super-soldiers is around the corner. But that wasn’t stopping
speculation.
“The Russian Army is set to receive mind-controlled exoskeletons,”
Sputnik reported. “The wearable robots will be controlled by brain waves
and will increase the strength and endurance of the serviceman wearing
it by several times.”
Russian soldiers equipped with the new gear, according to Sputnik,
would be able to carry more than 600 pounds of gear. Their endurance, it
added, would also be greatly increased.Keep on reading…